WindsurfMaui
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Consider this quarantine fatigue but I am seriously considering doing the following and would like people's opinions.
I have decide my guitar of choice is a Strat. It is like an old Chevy, very popular and many companies make parts for it so it is easily customized. But what if I didn't want, or could not easily afford, many guitars. For the purpose of this discussion let's say I am limited to one Strat body, 2 necks and as many fully loaded pick guards as I want. I am going to state for this discussion the Strat body is cut to accept any of the pick up combinations H-S-H, H-X-H or S-S-S, I think one neck would be a 1 piece roasted maple vintage/modern and the other would be a 2 piece vintage/modern quarter sawn Goncalo Alves with a Goncalo Alves fret board. So what wood combination would you choose for the body and why? Which woods would work with both double humbuckers or 3 single coils for the widest range of sounds?
I am asking this question because I am considering doing exactly this . Limiting my self to one guitar (maybe 2 but no more) and I am curious what people would choose for body wood. If you want to choose different neck woods please feel free and state why. And if you want to state specifically which pick ups they would choose for the humbuckers or single coils.
Right now I am trying to decide between a chambered roasted ash body or a chambered mahogany with a maple top. But these are pretty stereotypical choices so you may have a very different opinion. Thanks and please try to give specific reasons for the choices you would make.
I have decide my guitar of choice is a Strat. It is like an old Chevy, very popular and many companies make parts for it so it is easily customized. But what if I didn't want, or could not easily afford, many guitars. For the purpose of this discussion let's say I am limited to one Strat body, 2 necks and as many fully loaded pick guards as I want. I am going to state for this discussion the Strat body is cut to accept any of the pick up combinations H-S-H, H-X-H or S-S-S, I think one neck would be a 1 piece roasted maple vintage/modern and the other would be a 2 piece vintage/modern quarter sawn Goncalo Alves with a Goncalo Alves fret board. So what wood combination would you choose for the body and why? Which woods would work with both double humbuckers or 3 single coils for the widest range of sounds?
I am asking this question because I am considering doing exactly this . Limiting my self to one guitar (maybe 2 but no more) and I am curious what people would choose for body wood. If you want to choose different neck woods please feel free and state why. And if you want to state specifically which pick ups they would choose for the humbuckers or single coils.
Right now I am trying to decide between a chambered roasted ash body or a chambered mahogany with a maple top. But these are pretty stereotypical choices so you may have a very different opinion. Thanks and please try to give specific reasons for the choices you would make.